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December, 2011
Dawn breaks over yet another frosty morning....
Savoy Cabbage will thaw out soon...
Meanwhile, with the sun on their faces, the assistants consider their options....
Loncito's Heritage Pork Chop with Sweet Turnips and
Salad of Frisee, Sun Gold Tomatoes and Pure Luck Feta Cheese.
The last Cherry Tomatoes, left, at the farm stand....
(The Broccoli)
November, 2011
Endive Frisee in the Front Field...
Lots of Produce Now plus:
7 Salads and Braising Greens....Baby Lettuce Salad, Succulent Spinach, Baby Chard,
Baby Kales, Baby Arugula, Chicory Salad!
Romaine Lettuce, green/red
Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes! Even in late November! But, alas, the last freeze got them too....
Broccoli Heads and bunches of Broccoli Greens!
Just Dug Red La Soda New Potatoes! White Kennebec too!
Broccoli is ON!!
Salad of Baby Rapini and Mizuna....Also in Bunches!
Salads!
Black Walnut cutting boards from drought/heat stricken trees at our Gause farm. Made by son Tom.
Romaine Lettuce: Green and Red....
Pink Beauty Radishes with Great Salad Leaves!
End of a Market Day at the Farm....
Above: bunches of adolescent Arugula.
October, 2011
Sweet Hakarai Turnips...Great roasted or split and toasted in a skillet (wilt the greens alongside!)
OR, eat them RAW!
More Salads....
3 varieties of Basil: Italian Large Leaf, Cinnamon, and Lemon....
Above: left, Baby Amaranth; right, Baby Arugula...good salads! Also Mustards....
Still, lots of squashes! Five Varieties!
September, 2011
Lots of Squash!
Bouquets: Zinnias/Sunflowers...
Tasty Jade Cucumbers....
The little pears are happy that the tomato sign has come back, better than ever,
after 10 years facing the sun and being the victim of a spray of bullets....
(All farm signs by Trevor Wilson)
Zinnias in the front field....
Zinnias in the Farm Stand
High up in the pear trees, Austin harvests Texas Crisp Pears!
Ha, ha, it's not as cold on the farm as it was last winter, but it is a bit cooler than 105 degrees!
Long Beans (blanched 3 minutes) in salad with shaved Squash,
toasted Walnuts, Feta cheese, olive oil/vinegar....
Asian Long Beans....salads, sautes, tacos, etc...
The Zinnia crop begins....
August, 2011
Little Texas Crisp Pears....sweet!
Ripe Sweet Peppers....
Above: Amaranth greens...
July, 2011
Bell Peppers...
Gause Yaupon Honey, Fire-roasted Tomatoes...
Asian Long Beans ("Red Noodle") & a few Red Tomatoes....
The Long Beans can be chopped for a saute or stir fry; they can also be steamed or blanched, cooled, and added to a salad. Use as you would any green bean, even if they are red!
Above: Some of the good things about late August coming in July: Left, a salad of grated squash & cucumber, chopped Marconi sweet peppers, Golden-eye creamer peas, and arugula.
Also, at right: zucchini blossoms....
Above: Golden-eyed Creamer Peas...
Sweet Marconi Peppers (great for roasting over your gas stove's flame) and Tomatoes.
Above: Chinese heirloom "Violet Jasper" tomatoes...
Red Tomatoes and Zucchini Blossoms!
Barbarella Eggplant and Gause Red, round Tomatoes, including "Fabulous" this week...
Plus Daesene Green and Daesene Purple!! (Our personal favorites!)
Watermelon, arugula, and Pure Luck's feta cheese...
Fig harvesting...
A Salad of: Sugar Figs (Brown Turkey and Celeste) with Purslane and Pure Luck Feta Cheese...
A bit of Piche's evoo and balsamic vinegar....Delicious!
Selecting zucchini blossoms...A simple thing to do with them: Lay the blossoms in a skillet slicked with e.v.o.o. or BUTTER.Tan the blossoms over low heat. Flip them over. Sprinkle them with Sand Creek Cheddar or Pure Luck Feta or Water Oak Cheve (in little blobs). Tan them on the bottom while the cheese melts.Remove and try to distribute them equally amongst the diners. (Impossible!) Love.
A Tomato Salad!
Above: Melon Salad with Purlane, Feta cheese, and toasted Walnuts....
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Left: Marissa and Buena Tierra's Carey unload melons; Right: Melon samples.
June, 2011
Above:Italian Zucchini Blossoms and Red Zebra Tomatoes...
Above: "Sunshine" Kabocha Squash. Roast wedges in oven; saute seeds....
BUTTER NUT SQUASH also!
Above: Basil and its friends: Sun Gold and Juliet....
Loads of Tomatoes, Buena Tierra Melons, and Zucchini Blossoms!
Selection begins!
Basil is great with Tomatoes, and Purslane makes a great salad with Melons!!
Add Feta Cheese to top off both salads....
Above: Red Zebra
Lots of Tomatoes, etc...
The harvest continues....Heirloom Tomatoes.
Sweet Corn: We had almost a month of corn! Three crops...it was fabulous!
Above: Red Zebra, Lemon Boy, Cherokee Purple & Pruden's Purple....
Just-picked Haricot Vert green beans...harvested during market!
May 2011
Start of Fig Season...Above heirloom Magnolia figs from our tree planted in the 1930's by the Siegmund Family.
Left Romano flat beans & Juliet Tomatoes; right various squashes....
With temperatures in the nineties, summer is already here, and so is the Squash!!
Prudens' Purple and Cherokee Purple Heirlooms for market this week!
Cherry Tomatoes, Romano Green Beans, Basil.....
The crop of Sweet Corn is IN!! Sweet as sugar with great corn flavor!
Sunflower (and Zinnia) bouquets now on the farm stand tables!
April 2011
Above:Shallots, White Spring Onions, Leeks, Spring Garlic, and Red Spring Onions...all parts nutritious!
Rhubarb
Ralph selects a basket of We-picked Strawberries. The early crop is now on the farm stand tables.
March 2011
Sweet Spring Onions....Eat roots and leaves too!
Above left: Beets and Mache. Right: Together in the salad with Wateroak Farm's Feta!
Above: Chervil
Now on the farm stand tables: Salads of Succulent Spinach, Chicories, Baby Chard, The Marias' Brassica Mix, Baby Lettuces, and Arugula!
Above: The Texas Crisp Pears are looking forward to a great pear year!
Let's hope a hard freeze doesn't alter their outlook!
Above: Spring erupts on Boggy Creek Farm...
Above: Mei Qing Choi and Yellowstone Carrots this week!
Marissa harvests Butter Head Babes salad mix, while the Rhubarb grows....
Above: left, Mache; right, Spring Garlic and Green Onions...
February, 2011
Salads start coming back to the market tables following the Big Freeze!
The Big Freeze of February, 2011:
February 4, 2011
Early Morning, Feb 4th, 2011....
The back field, insulated by snow....
Left, 3 hens make for a warm nest; Right, Toesy is eager to drink warm water.
The hens have a "snow day!"
Orange Blossom Farm's tangerines for market.
Above: The Salad Station: bottom (Baby Lettuces, Baby Chard);
middle (Chicory Blend, Brassica Mix); top (Baby Arugula, Baby Spinach)
Left: Jericho Romaine....Right: Rosie Red Romaine....
Fennel...
January 2011
The first sunbeams highlight Cauliflower and Cabbages on the farm stand table...
New Crop this week! Sweet Japanese Turnips. Eat them raw!!
Preparing the adolescent-sized Romaines....Big Romaines soon!
Use the greens for salads, garnishes, stocks, gratins...
Cauliflower (Golden and White) plus three types of Cabbages....
Cheddar Cauliflower and Famosa Savoy Cabbage at the stand now....
December 2010
Cabbages & Winter Squashes....
Sunrise on the Farm....
Moon Rise over the Cauliflower....The Solstice Moon, Dec 21st, 2010....
Above: Dan's Butternut Squash....)
Kuri and Australian Butter Squashes glow at dawn on market day....
This! *note the little green berry* is why we use row cover and plastic mulch....
Three colors of carrots at Wednesday's stand....
Tender sweet Cabbage now on the market tables....
Dawn breaks over covered crops. More covering ahead of us to protect future cauliflower
from the coming freezes....
Lots of Beets! However, the terrible freezes (2 at 17 degrees at the Gause farm) cost them their leaves! So now they are "topless." But delicious nevertheless....and more are growing, at both farms!
Above: Peggy peruses the freshly-dug, bona-fied NEW Potatoes.
Carrots in Three Colors....they'll withstand the freeze without covers!
Left: Kohlrabi and Green Onions; right: Lots of Sugar Snax Carrots....
Above: the strawberries wait out the morning frost....
Our popular "Salads"! L to R:Top Tier: Succulent Spinach, Baby Arugula, Baby Rapini
Bottom Tier: Chicories, Kale/Brussel, Red/yellow/white Chard....Baby Lettuces...
Left: Australian Butter Squash; right: Kuri Squash....
Kale Korner: L to R, Starbor, Red Russian, Dino/Toscano, Siberian
Lots of Beets!
November 2010
Pink and Amethyst Radishes
Above: Butternut Squash, Australian Butter Squash, and Kohlrabi
Above: Larry chats with visitors at the farm stand....
Above: Radishes in the field; Radishes on the farm stand table...
Above: BEETS! And last week for Romano Green Beans....
Above: The Salad Season Begins!!! Featuring East Austin's finest: Succulent Spinach, middle right....
October, 2010
Golden Eyed Creamer Peas, fresh from the farm stand sheller....
Left: Hakerai Sweet Turnips; Right: 3 varieties Eggplant
Kales, plus Collards, now on the farm stand tables! (mid October)
Late crop of Asian Cucumbers and Summer Squash....
The season's first Beets!
Above: Lycoris....Existing on the Farm to feed the senses......
Above, intern Marissa rakes soil over trenches sown with Succulent Spinach, East Austin's Finest....
September, 2010
First Cucumbers of the late season, on the tables this week!
Okra! Picked fresh from tiny to grilling size....all sizes are tender.
Bok Choi on the table now!
Little Beets....planted a few weeks ago....
Patty Pan and Yellow Squash
New Crop of Cucumbers!
Above: Kale, Bok Choi, Collards first on the front porch, and now in the back field's soil...
On the way to the Hen House, the benefits of Tropical Storm Hermine's 7" of rain: blooms....
(Althea, Datura, Senna)
Above: Just planted Collard Greens and just prepared beds. Fall in underway!
August, 2010
Above: Texas Crisp Pears (Moonglow and Keiffer)
Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes and Basil
Above: 3 varieties of Eggplant plus Asian Long Beans....
Well, they ARE too hot for me, but maybe not for you!
Above: Lambs' Quarters and Amaranth, our summer greens!
Native Purslane--omega-3, copper, antioxidents, deliciously mild.
Sunflowers and Daesene Green Eggplant....
July, 2010
Creamer Peas to shell...
Above: Left/Cherry Tomatoes and Basil; Right/Eggplants
Above, Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes....
Asian Long Beans, now on the table! And Larry's Wild Mustang Grape Juice is on the shelf!
New crop Sunflowers....
Above, FRESH Basil and Early Girl Tomatoes....pair with WaterOak Dairy's New Feta cheese,
and a splash of good olive oil, vinegar, salt.....Yum!
Above, from Left to Right: Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes, yellow Lemon Boys, Marconi Peppers & Early Girl Tomatoes
Fig Harvest is ongoing!
June, 2010
(Above, Eggplant: Black Beauty, Daesene Green, and Rosa Bianca)
Above: Staging the Cherry Tomatoes for the farm stand. 
Above: Lemon Boys and Early Girls....
Above: Our current favorite heirloom, "Oaxacan Jewel." 
Sunflowers for the Farm Stand Market...
Above: Lots of Tomatoes. Left to right: Heirloom Cherokee Purple, Sun Gold Cherries, Heirloom Prudens' Purple, Heriloom Oaxacan Jewel.
On Wednesdays at the farm stand,
Pet Hens Tootie J. Tootums and Harriet are big fans of Barrie's croissants!
Above, the hens pay rapt attention to a generous visitor.
Pam Walker's new book! Available at the farm stand! 
Tropical Melon "Arava" 
Sunflowers.... 
Above: Sunflower harvest begins this week!
Zinnia Bouquets....
Red La Soda and White Kennebec Potatoes...
Above: Early Girl Tomatoes.
Above: Cherokee Purple and other heirloom tomatoes on the farm stand tables now!
Two of our favorite Squashes: Left, Italian heirloom, Costata Romanesco (one cut open to show its silken interior) and right, Sunburst in all its fanciful beauty!)
Tomatoes!
Above: Two of our three varieties of non-burp-causing Cucumbers: Tasty Jade and Suyo Long.
Try the chilled Cucumber/Avocado Soup at Texas French Bread/evenings!
(Above, FRESH Potatoes, potatoes:
Red La Soda, foreground; White Kennebec, background. And, everything to go with them!)
(Above, Lots of Tomatoes now....)
May, 2010
(Above: A chef's favorite, Shallots)
(Above, our Blackberries. Not tons of them, but what we have are for sale!)
(Summer Squash: Top/Yellow Multi Pick; Right/Sunburst;
Bottom/Costata Romanesco Italian Zucchini; Left/Raven Zucchini)
Scorzonera, skinned and cut into little rounds, sauteed in butter with onions
and snow pea "peas"[peas from overly mature snow peas]....)
April, 2010
(Above: Farm Flowers in the Farm Stand! Left: Sweet Peas; Right: Snapdragons)
Snapdragons on the Farm Stand Table!
(Above, look for our Tomato Sign and Martha Gonzales Antique Roses....)
(Above: Red/yellow Chard;Fresh White & Red Onions....)
Sweet we-picked berries are coming from our Gause, Milam County Farm!
(Above, Parsnips! Excellent grated raw for a slaw or stewed for a pure or roasted!)
(Spring flowers...Apricot Irises and Larkspur....)
(Above: "Jerico" Green Romaine and "Rosie" Red Romaine)
March, 2010
(Above, four butter head lettuces....)
(Fava Bean Blossoms -- Beans soon (April/May) 
(Above: Spring Garlic!)
Above: Yaupon growing everywhere at the Gause farm. Yaupon flowers are the earliest blooms in the area, and the Bees' appetite and industry make for a pure signature flavor. Above: Gause Yaupon Honey is now in the farm stand....Used in fantastic recipes at restaurants Wink, Jeffrey's, and Olivia.... 
Above: Larry cutting broccoli....
A cold, rainy March market.....
Above, Beets and Sweet Japanese Hakarei Turnips... 
Two varieties of Italian Escarole. "Cone type" and "Butterhead type".... both are tender, mild and delicious!
Great for salads, soups, stir fries...Zoot Restaurant's Chef Stewart Scruggs pairs our Italian Escarole with Blue Cheese and Poached Pears for a sell-out salad! (http://www.zootrestaurant.com/)
February, 2010
(Above: "Bonsai" Kale....It's the "delivery system" that makes it Bonsai! (short stem) ...
Variety name is, ahem, "Ripbor"!)
Tuesday, 2/23/10: Yes, we harvested until the advent of the "snowstorm."
Gause, big field with cover crop, above....2.23.10
(Above, Spring Garlic in the Snow at the Gause Farm)
A sunny market, for a change....
Above: Romaine lettuce, on the tables this week!
Above: Green Garlic, the adolescent stage of garlic. Eat roots and the entire stalk plus the leaves for wonderful garlic flavor in the winter! Now on the farm stand tables, for a couple or three markets.... 
Both escaroles are very nutritious!
Above: Chioggia beets with rosemary and beet greens....
Above: Transplants of romaine and butter head lettuces from our greenhouse at the Gause farm
await planting at the Austin farm. Lettuce planting continues through mid-February....
January, 2010
Succulent Spinach and Fresh Eggs in the skillet for breakfast....
The egg in the center is the first laid by the young pullets....
The Italian escarole/butter head lettuce salad includes "chips" of Wateroak Farm's Ricotta and toasted Texas pecans. Olive oil and Balsamic vinegar from http://www.thepichetable.com/ 
Above: Green Garlic. All parts edible; it's adolescent garlic!
White and Gold Cauliflower, left, and Broccoli, right.... 
Above: left, Fremont Cauliflower; right, Cheddar....
Fresh, sweet Carrots! Above left, just harvested; above right, just washed; bottom, on the table!
These three varieties plus beautiful yellow carrots also!
Above, after the thaw, Andrea harvests the red carrots.
Above: The sun arrives to defrost the crops on Saturday, January 9th. Low temp: 9 degrees.
Battening down the Row Cover for the Big Chill...January 9th (9 degrees), January 10th (15 degrees),
January 11 (19 degrees), the worst cold spell in our 19 years of farming. This winter is the "correction" for the horrid record-breaking summer: Driest and hottest since 1854! What's next?
Above: Sweet Japanese Hakerai Turnips..
December, 2009
(Above, Carrots: 4 varieties, 3 colors)
Stained-glass Lettuce in the afternoon....Lettuce Salad Mix on the farm stand table....
Left: Freckles Tender Romaine; Right: Two Lemony treats: Meyer Lemons and French Sorrel
Above: Kohlrabi, Daikon Radish, Carrots, Dan's Sweet Potatoes....
Eat the greens of the Kohlrabi and Daikon!
Hakurei Turnips, so sweet!
A very frosty 18 degrees last Saturday morning (December 5th). The carrots recovered nicely,
as did everything else (except eggplant and okra)....
At dawn, the David Austin "Heritage" rose bows her blooms to the 18 degree chill...
Left, Broccoli and Meyer Lemons; right, Collards, Brussels Greens, Dinosaur Kale & Red Russian Kale...